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Audiological findings in pregnancy

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Auteur(s)
  • Gonca Sennaroglu 1
  • Erol Belgin 1
Affiliation(s)
  • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Langue(s) du document
Anglais
Revue

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Éditeur
Cambridge
Année de publication
2006
Type de publication
Journal
Type de document
Research-article
Résumé

This investigation was carried out in the Audiology and Speech Pathology Section of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Hacettepe University. The pregnant group comprised of 20 women followed by the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the same university; 18 non-pregnant women comprised the control group. The aim of this investigation was to study the relationship between hormonal changes in pregnancy and cochlear functions. All subjects underwent ENT examination, audiologic and acoustic immitance measurements and auditory brain stem response (ABR) tests. Results from each trimester and post-partum period of the pregnant group were compared. These results demonstrated that there was a decrease in hearing levels for 125 Hz, beginning in the first trimester and increasing in the second and third trimesters. Hearing returned to normal in the post-partum period. Similar findings were also obtained for 250 and 500 Hz; however, frequencies higher than 500 Hz demonstrated no significant correlation. Uncomfortable loudness was statistically significant between the third trimester and post-partum period. ABR tests did not reveal any differences. In conclusion, there is a low-frequency hearing loss and tolerance problem in pregnancy mimicking cochlear pathology. However, this hearing loss did not reach pathologic levels in any case and returned to normal in the post-partum period.

Mots-clés d'auteur
  • Pregnancy
  • Hearing Loss
  • Sensorineural
  • Audiometry
Catégories INIST
  • 1 - sciences appliquees, technologies et medecines ; 2 - sciences biologiques et medicales ; 3 - sciences medicales
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